Combined sink and wash and bath tub.



N 8,856. PATENTED JAN. 20, 1903.

T. MILLS.

COMBINED SINK AND WASH AND BATH TUB.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1902.

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COMBINED SINK AND WASH AND BATH TUB.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1902.

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@OMBINED SINK AND WASH AND BATH TUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 718,856, dated January 20, 1903.

Application filed September 2, 1902. Serial No- 121,86'7. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS MILLS, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalama zoo, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Combined Sink and WVash and Bath Tub, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to utilize the place in buildings ordinarily occupied by the i sink for the location of a combined sink and bath and wash tub having the peculiar features of construction and advantage set forth below.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figurel is a front elevation, portions being broken away; Fig. 2, an elevation of the partition which divides the bath-tub off into two washtubs; Fig. 3, a plan of Fig. 1, showing the sink swung down to its used position; Fig. 4, a plan of a cover of a portion of the bath-tub below described; Fig. 5, a section on dotted line e e in Fig. 1 and near the line 3 s in Fig. 3 looking from a point at the right, and Fig. 6 is a broken section on dotted line 0 c in Fig. 5

looking from a point above.

Referring to the parts of the drawings pointed out by numerals, the cast tub 7, longer one way than the other, rests upon a support consisting of legs 8, held together by strips 9, Figs. 1 and 5. This tub 7 is in the corner of a room, as here shown, and where it will likely be in most instances, but not necessarily so, as indicated by the walls 10 and 11 in Figs. 1, 3, 5. The tub 7 has a frame 12 around it and to the under side of which said tub is attached, Figs. 1 and 5. The sink-13 is at one end and is provided with metal projections or straps 14; 15, which are hinged at the frame edge at one end of said frame 12 at 16 17, Figs. 1 and 3, so that when the sink is not being used it can be raised up near to or against the wall 10 and fastened by any suitable means-as, for instance, a button 51, Fig. 1. The upper flange 18 of the sink 13 on three sides rests on the frame 12, Fig. 3, when it is down in its used position. The side walls of the tub on the inside are provided with transverse grooves 19, and they extend across the bottom at 20 in Fig-6 to receive the rubber-packed edge 21 of the partition 22, Figs. 1, 2, 5. When this partition 22 is in use, it virtually makes two tubs for clothes-washing purpose, and when thus divided they are styled washtubsf but when the partition is not in use the entire tub is used for bathing and is then called a bathtub.

One cover of the tub 7 is shown at 23 hinged to the back side of the frame 12 at 24 and is shown swung up near to the back Wall 11 and held by button 52, Figs. 1, 3, 5. If the invention is located where no wall is in position to attach the cover to after having been swung up, something else maybe extended up for the purpose. The other cover 25 of the tub is hinged to the left-hand end of the frame 12 at 26 and 27 in a manner to hang down when not in use, as in Figs. 1 and 3, or to be swung over and laid on the tub 7, as in dotted lines in Fig. 1, when covering its portion of the tub. This cover 25 is provided with a series of grooves 28 on its upper face in order that when only the other washtub is being used clothes may be laid on the cover, and the water will drain off through the grooves 28 into the tub. For this purpose I hinge the lefthand end a little the highest, or when the sink 13 is being used, say when washing dishes, the dishes as taken from the pan wet may be set on the cover 25 and the drip allowed to drain off into the tub instead of on the floor.

The partition 22 is held pressed down in place,with its rubber packing 21 in the grooves 19 and 20 of the tub, by a bar 29 against its upper edge, and thus the water is prevented from leaking from one washtub into the other. The wall of the tub in Fig. 1 is shown broken, disclosing the position of the partition 22 and the lowergroove 20. This bar 29 has a projection 30 at the rear end catching under into a recess 31 beneath the frame 12, and it has a projection 32 at the other end fitting into a mortise 33 in the upper face of the frame 12, where it is held by a button 37, pivoted to the frame, Fig. 5. The bar 29 maybe left in place, if desired, when the partition is not in use and the tub is being used for bathing, especiallyin the case of children, to grasp hold of.

In Figs. 1, 3, and 5 a platform is shown to stand on when bathing. It can be pushed in beneath the tub and be out of the way or drawn out when needed. Each side edge of the top 34 is loose in the grooves 35 and 36, they being in castings attached to the legs 8. Thus the platform can be readily drawn out or pushed in. The top 34 is provided with stops 38 at the back edge beneath for contacting with the grooved castings when prevent pulling it entirely out and discon-- the platform is drawn out for use, and thus necting it from the tub-supporting frame. The top 34 has legs 39 beneath it and hinged at the top at 40 to the top of the platform.

. By this means when the platform is pushed in the legs 39 will come in contact with a bar 41, attached to the legs 8 for this purpose, and fold up beneath the top 34, and this bar 41 will hold the legs 39 up until the platform is again drawn out.

To permit the passage of water out of the sink 13, it is provided with an escape-hole 42 for use as needed. The plumber is expected to provide proper means for the escape of the water beneath the tub, assuggested by dotted lines showing pipe 48.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combined sink, wash and bath tub, comprising the tub for washing and bathing, with central detachable partition, the hinged. sink provided with escape-hole and nib, said tub being provided with the escape-hole and nib, and a detachable tube for'detachable attachment to the escape-holes of the sink and tub, substantially as set forth. I

2. The combined sink, and wash and bath tub, comprising the tub and central detachable partition, the hinged covers, the hinged sink, and the platform movable in and out in the grooves at the edges, and the hinged legs beneath, the tub-supportingframe provided with the bar with which the hinged leg contacts, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS MILLS. Witnesses:

R. G. WEST,

LHEA 0. WEST. 

